Tag Archives: nuclear waste

The “brigands” regroup in Basilicata via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2021/11/30 by nfield

18 years after they stopped a radioactive waste dump coming to their region, locals find their land targeted once again By Linda Pentz Gunter The brigand songs hadn’t started yet, although there were faint early flickers and crackles coming from … Continue reading →

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Letters to the Editor: Nuclear power poses unacceptable risks. It’s not a climate change solution via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2021/10/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

To the editor: Jonah Goldberg’s column, “If Biden is serious about the climate crisis, he should put nuclear on the table,” is misleading.  The myth of “newer, safer, less expensive” nuclear power has promised for decades to deliver a magical climate … Continue reading →

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Australia Picks A Nuclear Waste Disposal Site – Now The Dance Begins via Forbes

Posted on 2021/10/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

James Conca Australia’s Federal Resources Minister, Keith Pitt, has declared that the national nuclear waste storage facility will be at Napandee, near Kimba, on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. The choice was widely expected as the government had already picked Napandee as its preferred site. When one … Continue reading →

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Radioactive liquid spilled outside Tri-Cities nuclear fuel plant. Here’s what happened via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2021/10/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY ANNETTE CARY About half of the radioactive liquid in a 55-gallon drum spilled outside at the Framatome ANP plant in Richland this week, according to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission report. The plant on Horn Rapids Road in Richland, Wash., … Continue reading →

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US nuclear repository completes key mining project via AP

Posted on 2021/10/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — After seven years of mining, federal officials say work to carve out the eighth disposal area at the U.S. government’s underground nuclear waste repository is complete. […] The repository has been in … Continue reading →

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In fight over Holtec nuclear storage site, Native Americans appeal to one of their own via lohud

Posted on 2021/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear waste canisters would come to New Mexico by barge and rail from shuttered nuclear plants like Indian Point in Buchanan and Oyster Creek in New Jersey and others where nuclear waste is housed. Adrian HeddenThomas C. Zambito Holtec International … Continue reading →

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Germany to shut controversial Gorleben nuclear waste facility via DW

Posted on 2021/09/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After serving for decades as a storage location for German radioactive nuclear waste, the government said it would close the Gorleben mine. Locals and environmental groups have protested against the facility for years. The Gorleben mine in the German state of … Continue reading →

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Texas is one step closer to housing tons of nuclear waste. What that means for DFW via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Posted on 2021/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY HALEY SAMSEL Outside of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Arlington office on Monday, a dozen protesters spoke out against what they saw as the inevitable: The commission was going to approve a federal permit to transport high-level nuclear waste through Dallas-Fort Worth … Continue reading →

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Fortum calls for prompt decision on Swedish repository via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2021/08/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A government decision on Sweden’s final waste repository will be delayed by the launch of a public consultation on whether the application for the repository should be considered separately from that for an expansion of the existing Clab interim repository … Continue reading →

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Japanese Government to Revise Regulations on Exporting Radioactive Wastes Overseas via Kenichi Oshima Note

Posted on 2021/08/05 by kojimaaiko

I received an e-mail from someone who told me that the draft of Japan’s new “Basic Energy Plan” includes a policy for exporting radioactive waste overseas that is difficult to dispose of in Japan. It says that the government will … Continue reading →

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